Alibi Ike
/ˌalɪbʌɪ ˈʌɪk/US
noun
A person who continually makes excuses for his or her actions.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Chicago Tribune. From Alibi Ike, the nickname of a fictional baseball player who constantly invents excuses for everything.
- the moon
- the more the merrier
- the morning after (the night before)
- themself
- themselves
- the mulga wire
- then
- the naked eye
- the name of the game
- then and there
- thenar
- thenardite
- the Narrows
- the National
- the Nativity
- the nature of the beast
- the naughty corner
- the naughty step
- the Nazarene
- thence
- thenceforth
- thenceforward
- the Needles
- the Net
- the new black